Hacker News "Who is hiring?" thread (freelancer), October 2012

by: uberc
text: New York, remote<p>Happy Dogs NYC (happydogsnyc.com), a local dog daycare business, is looking for a programmer to maintain and enhance a Django/Javascript web app used for internal task workflow, scheduling, billing, and customer management.<p>Features to be added including exposing parts of the app to end-customers for self-service tasks, enhancing Facebook and other third-party login, adding automated credit card processing, optimizing mobile web access, supporting multiple store locations, and streamlining input forms.<p>This small, interesting project would be ideal for a capable freelancer or part-time intern looking to improve his or her Python, Django, and JavaScript skills in a real-world application -- and who wants exposure to agile and/or test-driven development methodologies -- with training provided as needed by a former Google product director (and co-owner of the business), who wrote the existing web app.<p>Contact me at ien@alum.mit.edu

by: johnnyg
text: Designer (Remote / Houston, TX)<p>CPAP.com is looking for an experienced website designer to help with various design projects for our businesses including converting sites to Twitter Bootstrap, front end design of new features, and full site redesign.<p>Skill set we are looking for:<p>* Create design from list of requirements and deliver browser tested (IE8 &#38; 9, Firefox, Chrome, Safari) front end code<p>* Experience with Twitter Bootstrap a plus<p>* Use of Adobe Fireworks over Photoshop for web design, also a plus<p>About CPAP.com:<p>* We sell equipment for the treatment of Sleep Apnea.<p>* PHP/MySQL/RabbitMQ/SVN/Redmine all day every day<p>* git/Python API/Ruby glue apps where needed<p>* Team is half full time and half remote HNers. Long term working relationships preferred.<p>If interested contact Carolyn Goodman at carolyn.goodman@cpap.com with your rate range, availability and links to examples of your work.

by: krmmalik
text: SEEKING FREELANCERS: I'm on the lookout for freelancers in Front-End, and Server-Side Development, and server admins.<p>I'm in digital marketing and part of the often involves delivering web development projects, so I need to have people that i can sub-contract to since i work in a project management capacity for my clients.<p>Remote is absolutely fine, and any part of the world is fine, as long as your rates are reasonable, and you are dependable and reliable.
I've had some interactions with a few people off the HN freelancing posts that seemed to have increased their prices after listening to Patio11's podcast but havent thought about how they're going to add value - I dont wish to speak to any of those people please - Polite request.<p>email me at: khurammalik.me@gmail.com<p>edit: formatting

by: daemon13
text: SEEKING FREELANCER(S) - REMOTE - to work on several projects.<p>1. Front-end developer/designer/UX<p>- full grasp of Bootstrap, HTML5/CSS3<p>- understanding of mobile/responsive requirements and how to address those<p>- good taste for nice color schemes and clean look<p>- knack for usability, simplification and common sense workflows<p>- can implement designs/mock-ups in Bootstrap/HTML/CSS fast [really fast]<p>- past Bootstrap/b2b projects (interfaces, forms, charts, etc), git and js skills are a plus<p>This is not full time. Current project(s) will require iterations spread over several months with varied weekly load from couple of hours to max 1-2 days.<p>Please send a link to your portfolio and your rates to dkaloshkin at gmail dot com<p>2. Devops expert - I need a devops professional for occasional consultations and tasks. Code words - AWS, Ubuntu, nginx, haproxy, iptables, lynis, bash scripts, python, collectd, samhain and brothers/sisters. Example of skills - you can compile nginx with right flags and config it in less time I design multidimesional database/OLAP cube [1-2 hours], setting up RAID on LVM on AWS is a piece of cake for you, understands how to harden linux kernel and ubuntu server, comfortable setting up centralized logging with rsyslog and proper log rotation and permissions access, knows when to use best practices and when to hack a solution.<p>This is not full-time thing or a project. I need a battle tested professional on hand going forward.<p>Please send your hn handle, link to your blog and rates to dkaloshkin at gmail dot com<p>My apologies for possible delay with responding.

by: jdkx
text: remote<p>We're looking for a developer to expand and maintain a B2B web application, both frontend and backend. We use Python and PostgreSQL  server-side (with Flask and SQLAlchemy), mostly ExtJS client-side. This will be a full-time job for at least 3 months. Contact: hn at keoxhq dot com.

by: dave1619
text: San Diego, Remote<p>Looking for front-end designer<p>We've got a lively social community we've created as an iOS app and we're looking to build a web interface.  It's built on Rails and the backend is already up and running.  We need a front-end designer who can create front-end design for the social community (mostly following, groups, chat and profile pages).<p>We're looking for someone who is an excellent designer and who is really good at jquery/javascript.  Also, we're looking for someone who wants to help build a growing community of people helping each other by extending our presence to the web.<p>Please send me a portfolio and a resume/CV.  Also include your hourly rates.  Send to heydave at gmail.com .  Thanks!

by: RileyJames
text: SEEKING FREELANCERS - Australia (local) &#38; Bay Area / NYC (local)<p>Dragonfly is a startup that connects talented local freelancers with creative, digital and ad agencies.  Primarily designers and developers. (<a href="http://dragonflylist.com" rel="nofollow">http://dragonflylist.com</a>)<p>We're live in Australia, but we will be launching in SF &#38; NY within 2 months, so if you're looking for work in those areas get involved now.<p>We are NOT recruiters: Its a platform, its transparent, freelancers &#38; agencies work directly and we have fixed fees. (recruiters hate it haha).<p>The focus is on local, in-house freelancing.  Some agencies are happy to work remote with the right people, it's case by case.

by: timjahn
text: SEEKING FREELANCERS - We recently launched the beta version of matchist (matchist.com), a service geared towards accurately matching freelance developers to quality projects.<p>We're currently building up our roster of freelance developers.  If you're a freelance developer, head over to <a href="http://matchist.com/talent" rel="nofollow">http://matchist.com/talent</a> and sign up for free.  (Note: Currently, we're seeking U.S. based developers only.)<p>In a few weeks, we'll start the intake of projects and start matching developers to projects.

by: azarias
text: Designer<p>Meritful (<a href="http://www.meritful.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.meritful.com</a>) is looking for a freelance web designer to help us with some projects. We really appreciate clean and modern web design and love creatives at Meritful. It would be great if you can deliver HTML/CSS but PSDs would work as well. We are based in Ann Arbor, MI. Remote OK. Please ping azarias at meritful.com with a pointer to your work if you are interested (especially if you have availability soon).

by: thetron
text: local preferred (Sydney or Melbourne, Australia)<p>Involved (involved.com.au) is currently seeking a freelance Android developer to port an iPad app that we have developed for one of our larger clients. Native app development is a must, but we'll only be needing to test on a small number of more popular Android tablets.<p>What we love:<p>* Happy people<p>* Good attention to detail<p>* Solid coding chops<p>* Knowledge of the locations of good burgers and/or fries<p>Feel free to drop me a line at nicholas@involved.com.au - with github profile, resume, portfolio, or whatever you've got.

by: trains11
text: U.K./Remote Work<p>We are interested to talk to experienced Javascriptors, to write custom scripts with animations &#38; data controls in JS should be able to do small chunks of AJAX which can communicate with JS &#38; DB on other side. Should be able to work with remote team over skype for plugging scripts in to big PHP / AJAX based product.<p>Here is more info on our group <a href="http://fantoo.net" rel="nofollow">http://fantoo.net</a>
Feel free to write to me at sayhi@fantoo.net

by: tstegart
text: Tiny project, iOS, $100
We use Flurry for app analytics and Baker (<a href="https://github.com/simbul/baker" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/simbul/baker</a>) as the basis for our travel magazine. We're trying to get Flurry to tell us what URL is clicked on when someone taps a link in our app. Flurry events can pass a parameter along. We want to know the URL, that's it. Interested iOS developers can contact tom@overnightbuses.com.

by: siscia
text: remote
I need to get a nice coat at one of my projects.
Code in clojure (Enlive), a little more info here ( <a href="http://sisciatech.tumblr.com/post/30881154775/looking-for-a-freelancer" rel="nofollow">http://sisciatech.tumblr.com/post/30881154775/looking-for-a-...</a> ) but a lot of work is now done, I really need only the graphic part...
I don't bite (ok I do, but not via email) so =&#62; simone (at) mweb (dot) biz

by: ccapndave
text: SEEKING FREELANCER(s) - remote only<p>Davex Global is looking to expand its roster of remote freelancers.  Right now we are looking for  super-duper HTML/jQuery/CSS/Bootstrap frontend devs and PHP/CodeIgnitor/MySQL backend devs.<p>If this sounds like you register at <a href="http://www.davexglobal.com/registration/" rel="nofollow">http://www.davexglobal.com/registration/</a>

by: anandvc
text: (India: preferred, Remote: OK) Android Tablet Game developer<p>We need someone who can build a beautiful android tablet game (code, plus create 2D sprites for characters/items/backgrounds, plus use stock sounds).  Please email links to your android games and your personal site/profile to anand __at__ fameexpress.com

by: user1241320
text: Milano, Italy - (remote possible)<p>Looking for someone with experience with marmalade (as in <a href="http://www.madewithmarmalade.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.madewithmarmalade.com</a>) to integrate our API with that platform. info+marmalade@beintoo.com

by: rosstamicah
text: UI/UX Bootstrap Work<p>Adding features to Sponsorist.com, need a UI/UX expert to help layout new signup flow (preferrably 1 page), profile pages, embeddable widgets, etc. Need to keep it in Bootstrap. Please email info at sponsorist dot com for more info

by: pazimzadeh
text: SEEKING FREELANCER. New York, NY or remote.<p>Seeking a developer with Clojure and Objective-C experience. Familiarity with MongoHQ is a plus.<p>Please contact Julian at julian at beagleapp dot com.

by: factorialboy
text: Remote / Bangalore, India<p>I need an accomplished Java developer to build a web app that interfaces with a web server (SOAP). SPML experience a plus.<p>Email in HN profile.